Web2Gopher
What Is Gopher?
Gopher is an internet protocol like HTTP, that serves up information and files in simple, easy to navigate directories. Unfortunately, not all web browsers support gopher. If you are using Firefox, or any other Mozilla browser, then you can browse gopher sites as you would any other website. Your mileage will vary with other browsers. For a more thorough treatment of which browsers do and do not work with gopher, please read this article.
If your browser does not work with gopher, you can still access it through the three proxy-servers listed below, which will allow you to browse it through the world wide web. If your browser supports gopher, feel free to access it through the various gopherlinks on this page.
Proxies Search Gopher Sites Information Software Other Resources Fun
Http:// Gopher Proxies
(browse gopherspace without a gopher-friendly browser)
Search Gopherspace
(all gopherlinks)
Gopher Sites
(all gopherlinks)
General:
- gopher.floodgap.com (good starting point)
- quux.org (good starting point)
- hal3000.cx (good starting point)
- aerv.nl (English and Dutch)
- port70.net (English and Hungarian)
- gopher.shii.org (Buddhism, Ron Paul, Gopher, etc.)
- gopher.386server.info (miscellania)
Specific Topics:
- gopher.std.com/ (The Online Book Initiative)
- sipb.mit.edu (links to whois servers)
- rachael.dyndns.org (for Amiga computer fans)
- gopher.r-36.net (screenshots and software, mostly for Plan 9)
- gopher.wensley.org.uk (software)
- moo.ca (public code of Canadian MOO)
- scrymud.net (post-apocolyptic MUD)
- archive.ntp.org (Network Time Protocol)
- gopher.carnagevisors.net (DEC Documents)
- gopher.venusventriloquist.com(Venus Ventriloquist, a band)
Personal:
- sdf.lonestar.org (many personal gopher sites)
- sdf-eu.org (European personal gopher sites)
- gopher.srcf.ucam.org (personal sites from Cambridge Students)
- retro-net.org (a few personal gopher sites)
- druuna.dud-t.org (a personal gopher site, some French)
- aora.nux.be (a personal gopher site, more French)
- wss-ds.servebeer.com (camping and barbequing resources)
- goffer.dyn-o-saur.com (programs, etc)
- gopher.robsayers.com (mostly computer-related)
- quix.us (Quasi-Indefatigable Xenolith)
- seanm.ca (humor)
- isisunveiled.no-ip.org (collected writings)
- gopher.386server.info (lots of writing, gopher software)
- gopher.viste-family.net (RFCs ASCII art, software, some Polish)
- glog.fosconetwork.org (writing, software, French)
- gopher.pcrpg.org (photography)
- elrond.schoenleber.com (English and German)
- kalb.ath.cx (various texts, mostly Catholic)
- go.nickshanks.com (assorted writing and software)
- gopher.studiolab45.net (miscellania)
- schot.a-eskwadraat.nl (AWK and Unix)
- gopher.sacrideo.us (writings, software, Scheme)
- pha.se (assorted essays)
- gopher.fnordpol.de (English and German)
- nickmaslon.com(photos)
- gopher.holviala.com(screenshots, software, comicbook covers)
Gopher Information
General:
- Gopher (Wikipedia)
- The Gopher Protocol (Medius Rete)
- Go! Go! Gadget Gopher! (infomantic.net)
- 7 Fun Sites You Can Only Find on the Gopher Internet (tekeeze.com)
- What Is Gopher? (floodgap.com)
- About Gopher (hal3000.cx) (gopherlink)
- Down the Gopher Hole (Tidbits)
- Digging Up Info on Gopher (Six Apart)
- Gopher: Underground Technology (Wired)
- Why Is Gopher Still Relevant? (floodgap.com)
- Gopher Protocol (TCP/IP Guide)
- The Internet Gopher (codeghost.com)
- Gopher Tunnels On (ars technica)
- Gopher Manifesto (scn.org)
Technical:
- RFC 1436
- Gopher+ Proposal
- Protocol: Gopher
- Client Server Programming Gopher Protocol
- 3-D Gopherspace proposal
Gopher Software
Clients/Browsers:
- Overbite (Multi-platform, requires Firefox)
- Gopher Client (Windows)
- Gopher (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Vonkeror (Windows, Linux)
- Digger Dwarf (Windows, Linux)
- Turbo Gopher (Mac OS)
- Gnopher (Gnome desktop)
Servers:
- Bucktooth
(Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD) (gopherlink)
- Pygopherd (Unix,
Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- GoFish
(Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- Geomyidae (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD) (gopherlink)
- Mgod (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD) (gopherlink)
- Grumpy (Windows, Linux--gopher & http)
- Gophserv (Multi-Platform)
- Gopher Cannon (Windows) (gopherlink)
- Gopherexx (Amiga) (gopherlink)
- Goscher (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD) (gopherlink)
- kgopherd (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD) (gopherlink)
- GN (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- Aftershock (Multi-Platform)
- Gopherd (Plan 9) (gopherlink)
- Macserver (Mac OS) (gopherlink)
- GopherSurfer (Mac OS) (gopherlink)
- GoServ (OS/2) (gopherlink)
Other:
- Jugtail (gopher search engine)
- GopherMail(access gopherspace through email) (gopherlink)
Other Resources
Discussions:
- comp.infosystems.gopher at Google Groups
- Gopher Project Discussion List
- #gopherproject irc on Freenode
Miscellaneous:
- Get your own free gopher site
- OpenNIC .gopher
- Groundhog Weather Forecast (gopherlink)
- Current Moon Phase (gopherlink)
Fun
On Gopher:
- Twitpher (Gopher-Twitter Gateway) (gopherlink)
- Hangman Game (gopherlink)
- Figlet Gateway (Create ASCII art) (gopherlink)
On the Web: